All India Radio News Summary: 20 OCTOBER 2017 Kerala High Court says all inter-religious weddings cannot be viewed as ‘love jihad’. The Kerala High Court has held that all inter-religious weddings cannot be viewed as ‘love jihad’ as it upheld a marriage between members of two different communities. The court made the observations …
Continue reading “All India Radio News Summary: 20 OCTOBER 2017”
All India Radio News Summary: 19 OCTOBER 2017 US says Washington and New Delhi are committed to building ambitious partnership to benefit nations working towards peace and stability. The United States has said that President of US and Prime Minister of India are committed to building an “ambitious” partnership that benefits not just …
Continue reading “All India Radio News Summary: 19 OCTOBER 2017”
All India Radio News Summary: 18 OCTOBER 2017 At least 74 persons killed and over 170 injured, in a series of suicide attacks by Taliban in Afghanistan In Afghanistan Taliban targeted police compounds and government facilities. Suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a police training centre and killed 41 people, including 20 police personnel, …
Continue reading “All India Radio News Summary: 18 OCTOBER 2017”
The Big Picture: Eradication of poverty: What steps need to be taken to achieve this goal? In a recent speech, Prime Minister of India set a target to alleviate poverty from the nation in coming 5 years. India, even after seven decades of independence, and being one of the major world economies, has about a …
Policy Watch Episode: ONGC-HPCL Merger The Cabinet recently gave an in-principle nod to the merger of state owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. A committee for the deal will soon be formed and the merger is likely to be completed within this financial year. HPCL will remain …
Policy Watch Episode – 278: States’ Fiscal Deficit on the Rise The fiscal deficit trends in the country have shown a stark reversal and the situation is expected to get worse in the near future. Comparing with the earlier trends, states were more fiscally prudent until about three years ago than the …
Continue reading “Policy Watch Episode – 278: States’ Fiscal Deficit on the Rise”
The Big Picture- PM puts the onus of law and order on states: is it enough? Just before the beginning of monsoon session in the Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the issue of violence in the name of protecting cows. In an all-party meet recently, the Prime Minister said that the …
Continue reading “The Big Picture- PM puts the onus of law and order on states: is it enough?”
The Big Picture: Govt plans for lateral entry in higher administrative posts: Rationale and Impact DoPT has been asked to prepare a proper proposition on lateral entries in Civil Services that deal with economy and infrastructure. As per media reports, the instructions have come from the Prime Minister’s Office to prepare a …
Rajya Sabha TV- Security Scan – ‘India – China standoff in Doklam’ One of the two biggest economies of the world –India and China– have been engaged in a month-long stand-off in the narrow plateau Doklam lying in the tri-junction of Bhutan, China and India. China attempted to build a road from …
Continue reading “Rajya Sabha TV- Security Scan – ‘India – China standoff in Doklam’”
Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum : Rejuvenating The Ganga The National Green Tribunal has passed a slew of directions to rejuvenate river Ganga in the recent past. It has gone a step ahead this time by declaring an area of 100 metres from the edge of the river between Haridwar and Unnao …
Continue reading “Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum : Rejuvenating The Ganga”
The Big Picture: India’s World – India-Israel ties: Major Strategic Turn PM Narendra Modi recently visited Israel and met his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. Officially seven deals were signed which include deals on industrial R&D fund, development cooperation on agriculture, water conservation and setting up of GEO-LEO optic link. Ties between the two …
Continue reading “The Big Picture: India’s World – India-Israel ties: Major Strategic Turn”
The Big Picture: India’s World: Analysis of Modi-Trump meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump struck a common note on terrorism as they met for the first time at the White House recently. The two leaders vowed to fight against terrorism saying that it was their top most priority. …
Continue reading “The Big Picture: India’s World: Analysis of Modi-Trump meet”
Lok Sabha TV- Insight : G – 20 Summit Introduction: The group of G-20 comprises 19 of the world’s largest economies and the European Union representing about 80% of the world’s GDP and 2/3rd of the world’s population. The G-20 was born in 1999 after the shock of the Asian financial crisis …
The Big Picture: India’s World – Energy Diplomacy and Sino-Indian Relations Away from the arc lights that accompanies China’s OBOR project, India has been quietly working on creating connectivity grids in its neighbourhood and moving beyond physical connectivity to energy as a tool of connectivity. From Indonesia to Mauritius, India is working …
Continue reading “The Big Picture: India’s World – Energy Diplomacy and Sino-Indian Relations”
SECURE SYNOPSIS: 05 July 2017 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of …
Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum : AIR INDIA DISINVESTMENT The Cabinet recently approved the disinvestment plan for Air India and its five subsidiaries. It is being seen as Government’s one of the boldest reform moves till date. The Government is hopeful that the decision will attract a positive response and will revive …
Continue reading “Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum : AIR INDIA DISINVESTMENT”
The Big Picture: Change of Guard in Saudi Arabia, Implications for West Asia & the World In a surprise reshuffle at the top of Saudi Arabia’s royal hierarchy, the country’s king has removed his nephew as crown prince in favor of his son, Mohammed bin Salman. Mohammed bin Salman will now be …
The Big Picture: Asia-Africa growth corridor – Can it be a game changer? Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi recently pushed for an Asia-Africa Growth Corridor supported by Japan and India coming up days after China launched its ambitious OBOR initiative taking off. An annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) was held …
Continue reading “The Big Picture: Asia-Africa growth corridor – Can it be a game changer?”
The Big Picture: GM Mustard – Pros and cons The regulator of the genetically modified crops has given the green signal for commercial cultivation of GM mustard in the country. In a submission to the Environment Ministry, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee has given a positive recommendation but with certain conditions. With the …
Continue reading “The Big Picture: GM Mustard – Pros and cons”
The Big Picture: Bumper Crops Expected this Year – Is it a Good News? Indian farmers are currently facing a new problem as a bumper crop has led to procurement prices plunging which is pushing them deeper into the debts of despair. Ironically, the bumper production which ought to have been a …
Continue reading “The Big Picture: Bumper Crops Expected this Year – Is it a Good News?”
